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Episode 47: Superior Service-based Marketing with Chef Tony Marciante I am honored to be interviewed this week on the Active Campaign podcast! I use Active Campaign for my email marketing for my restaurant and a few side projects. The host Chris Davis is a phenomenal... read more

Hey everyone, I’m high. Not what you might think 😜 😜 😜 😜 I’m on a high right now as I write this because my little restaurant “that could” has just hit “#1 in Bethesda” on TripAdvisor.com out of 273... read more

I am committed to curbing the death of restaurants in 2017 and beyond. While our industry faces a real uphill battle with rising employee costs, rising rental rates and more, my focus is on what I can affect. That mostly covers my food, drink and restaurant... read more

I’ve been in “the game” of restaurants almost 30 years. I’ve owned several, worked for a large company for 8 years…and I’d say I’m decently “cool” for my stage in life. But this isn’t about being cool.... read more

Practicing what I preach is important. I’m far from perfect, but usually procrastination is the issue. Either way, last week on Veterans Day, I sent out an email to my restaurant “list”. I wanted to give away a meal to any Veteran that came in over... read more

It was a super snowy Saturday afternoon in 2015. I was sitting at home watching the snow fall down, watching the news and wondering whether we could open that night. As it got to 1:30, 2 o’clock in the afternoon… I knew I had to make a decision for both of my... read more

Before we can figure out if you need a sales funnel, let’s defin A sales “funnel” is a series of web pages, links or other online elements that takes a potential buyer through a series of predefined steps towards a goal. For example, a visitor lands... read more